Two Tibetans self-immolate in China: Rights groups

February 25, 2013 23:52

Two more Tibetans have died after setting themselves ablaze in China, Western rights groups said today, the latest in a string of self-immolations carried out in protest against Chinese rule.

The Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) and London-based Free Tibet said in separate releases that a man identified as Tsesung Kyab set himself on fire in front of a Buddhist monastery in the western Gansu province.

The man, believed to be in his late twenties, died on the final day of the Tibetan New Year, ICT said, adding that he was related to another Tibetan who died after setting himself on fire in December.

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